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Action Potential Like Spikes in Oyster Fungi Pleurotus Djamor

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We record extra-cellular electrical potential of fruit bodies of oyster fungi Pleurotus djamor. We demonstrated that the fungi generate action potential like impulses of electrical potential. Trains of the spikes are observed. Two types of spiking activity are selected: high-frequency (period 2.6 min) and low-freq (period 14 min); transitions between modes of spiking are illustrated. An electrical response of fruit bodies to short (5 s) and long (60 s) thermal stimulation with open flame is analyses in details. We show that non-stimulated fruit bodies of a cluster react to thermal stimulation, with a single action-potential like spike, faster than the stimulate fruit body does.

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Adamatzky, A. (2023). Action Potential Like Spikes in Oyster Fungi Pleurotus Djamor. In: Adamatzky, A. (eds) Fungal Machines. Emergence, Complexity and Computation, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38336-6_1

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